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[Photograph 2012.201.B01005.0328]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "The scenic piney woods road that leads to Beavers Bend state park on the Mountain fork river."
Date: April 25, 1950
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B01005.0332]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "The Beavers Bend spillway hints of good fishing for this pretty angler."
Date: April 11, 1952
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1293.0404]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "In your coumn during past years we've seen a picture of Oklahoma's biggest tree a few times."
Date: April 28, 1952
Creator: Lucas, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1359.0509]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Mort Welch, Broken Bow, State representative."
Date: April 29, 1953
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1293.0412]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "This picture of dogwood blossoms, taken in the Bokhoma community east of Idabel, is typical of the dogwood show now being presented in nearly."
Date: April 7, 1954
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Broken Bow News (Broken Bow, Okla.), Vol. 44, No. 14, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 7, 1955 (open access)

The Broken Bow News (Broken Bow, Okla.), Vol. 44, No. 14, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 7, 1955

Weekly newspaper from Broken Bow, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 7, 1955
Creator: Hamilton, Sam A., Jr.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[BASEMENT BOX 67.0346]

Photograph of a sign featuring Smokey the Bear, used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. The text of the sign says, "Today's Forest Fire Danger: Severe." There are trees in the background. Caption: "Smokey the Bear flashes the right sign for forest fire conditions in southeastern Oklahoma. The sign is near the Oklahoma Forestry Fire Control division headquarters at Broken Bow where officials have warned that conditions still are severe although fires have lessened."
Date: April 9, 1955
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Broken Bow News (Broken Bow, Okla.), Vol. 44, No. 15, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 14, 1955 (open access)

The Broken Bow News (Broken Bow, Okla.), Vol. 44, No. 15, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 14, 1955

Weekly newspaper from Broken Bow, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 14, 1955
Creator: Hamilton, Sam A., Jr.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Broken Bow News (Broken Bow, Okla.), Vol. 44, No. 16, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 21, 1955 (open access)

The Broken Bow News (Broken Bow, Okla.), Vol. 44, No. 16, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 21, 1955

Weekly newspaper from Broken Bow, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 21, 1955
Creator: Hamilton, Sam A., Jr.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Broken Bow News (Broken Bow, Okla.), Vol. 44, No. 17, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 28, 1955 (open access)

The Broken Bow News (Broken Bow, Okla.), Vol. 44, No. 17, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 28, 1955

Weekly newspaper from Broken Bow, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 28, 1955
Creator: Hamilton, Sam A., Jr.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B01005.0329]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "A familiar spot to vacationists at Beavers Bend state park, near Broken Bow, is the bath house and beach on the banks of the Mountain fork."
Date: April 28, 1955
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B01005.0330]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Nestled among the pines in Cabin Area 3 is a $14,860 duplex cabin, newest addition to cabin facilities at Beavers Bend state park, near Broken Bow."
Date: April 28, 1955
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Woodland Conservation

Photograph of Jo Ann Watson and Rachel Goings peeling posts as part of a Schoool Forest Harvest at Beachton, 1956. Both girls can "speak with authority" about School Forests and Woodland Conservaton. Jo Ann recently wrote the winning forestry theme in a contest between Beachton and Brushy Ridge Schools. OK-238-2.
Date: April 3, 1956
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Disking New Land

Photograph of Pat Martin farm in Valliant district. Herschel Ginn is disking new land with heavy disk. Martin says the disk cuts stove wood as it prepares corn land.
Date: April 19, 1956
Creator: Hayes, E. J.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Trees, Tree Farms, Woodlands, and Forests

Photograph of Alvin Howard, Forest Service [FS] representative at Idabel, Oklahoma, measuring the circumference of a pine tree. "This pine tree would bring $65.00 based on recent bid sales," he says. The diameter tape tells Howard this tree is 31 inches across or diameter at breast height [dbh]. It is 80 feet high. The Soil Conservation Service administered this land for 16 years. OK-243-10.
Date: April 19, 1956
Creator: Hayes, Earl J.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Trees, Tree Farms, Woodlands, and Forests

Photograph of the Little River Soil Conservation Department [SCD] as it pursues a vigorous forestry program. High grading the woods and leaving the worst for 40 years makes good forest more expensive and difficult as the task becomes even larger or greater. Over 300,000 acres need inferior upload hardwood controlled in predominant pine stands. East of Glover near Bethel.
Date: April 22, 1956
Creator: Hayes, Earl J.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of the Little River in McCurtain County, Oklahoma. Oklahoma water goes to sea. Filtered through a protected, well-covered watershed means clear water. Probably two million acre-feet* of water escape the Little River SCD as unused each year. Mt. Fork River carries around one-third of the district watershed. OK-260-10. * an acre-foot refers to water that covers one acre of land, at a depth of one foot = approx. 326,000 gallons.
Date: April 22, 1956
Creator: Hayes, Earl J.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1385.0211]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Some of the first dollars RGM earned as a 14-year-old boy, came while we worked as a sawdust boy at a sawmill during summer school vacation periods."
Date: April 1, 1957
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1385.0214]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "A general view of the new sawmill taken from the north east."
Date: April 1, 1957
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
McCurtain Gazette (Idabel, Okla.), Vol. 51, No. 7, Ed. 1 Wednesday, April 3, 1957 (open access)

McCurtain Gazette (Idabel, Okla.), Vol. 51, No. 7, Ed. 1 Wednesday, April 3, 1957

Semiweekly newspaper from Idabel, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 3, 1957
Creator: Banta, Ira J.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
McCurtain Gazette (Idabel, Okla.), Vol. 51, No. 8, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 6, 1957 (open access)

McCurtain Gazette (Idabel, Okla.), Vol. 51, No. 8, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 6, 1957

Semiweekly newspaper from Idabel, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 6, 1957
Creator: Banta, Ira J.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
McCurtain Gazette (Idabel, Okla.), Vol. 51, No. 9, Ed. 1 Wednesday, April 10, 1957 (open access)

McCurtain Gazette (Idabel, Okla.), Vol. 51, No. 9, Ed. 1 Wednesday, April 10, 1957

Semiweekly newspaper from Idabel, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 10, 1957
Creator: Banta, Ira J.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
McCurtain Gazette (Idabel, Okla.), Vol. 51, No. 10, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 13, 1957 (open access)

McCurtain Gazette (Idabel, Okla.), Vol. 51, No. 10, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 13, 1957

Semiweekly newspaper from Idabel, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 13, 1957
Creator: Banta, Ira J.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
McCurtain Gazette (Idabel, Okla.), Vol. 51, No. 11, Ed. 1 Wednesday, April 17, 1957 (open access)

McCurtain Gazette (Idabel, Okla.), Vol. 51, No. 11, Ed. 1 Wednesday, April 17, 1957

Semiweekly newspaper from Idabel, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 17, 1957
Creator: Banta, Ira J.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History